Hydaspes

English Etymology en la Hydaspēs, from en grc Ὑδάσπης, itself from en sa वितस्ता, also proposed to have been borrowed from en peo *Vidāspaʰ caring for horses,260 from und *vīd- to take care of + peo 𐎠𐎿𐎱 horse to explain the development -sp- instead of -st-, but this has no basis in any attested names for the river. Pronunciation en /haɪˈdæspiːz/ Proper noun en historical The river Jhelum, on the Indian subcontinent, especially as the location of a battle fought by Alexander the Great against King Porus in 326 BCE. 1796, William Robertson (historian) William Robertson, The History of America, 1812, 1st American Edition, Volume 1, page 454, When Alexander marched along the banks of the Hydaspes and AncesineAcesines, two of the rivers which fall into the Indus, he observed that there were many crocodiles in those rivers, and that the country produced beans of the same species with those which were common in Egypt. From these circumstances, he concluded that he had discovered the source of the Nile, and prepared a fleet to sail down the Hydaspes to Egypt. 1813, John Rooke (translator), Arrian Arrian of Nicomedia, Arrian's History of the expedition of Alexander the Great, J. Davis, 2nd Edition, page 221, Alexander having now made ready a fleet on the banks of the river Hydaspes, manned it with all the Phœnicians Cyprians, and Egyptians which he found in his camp, choosing the sailors and rowers out of such as he knew to be expert in sea affairs. en 2012 Lee L. Brice Hydaspes, Battle of the Lee L. Brice Greek Warfare: From the Battle of Marathon to the Conquests of Alexander the Great w:ABC-CLIO https://books.google.com.au/books?id=mO8f901Vt7gC&pg=PA80&dq=%22Hydaspes%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiwzu2Q0dTjAhV56nMBHTe0CH0Q6AEIcDAO#v=onepage&q=%22Hydaspes%22&f=false 80 In 326, after fighting his way across the various regions and tributaries of the upper Indus or Punjab as far as the Hydaspes River, Alexander encountered Porus, the king of the region between the Hydaspes and the Acesines (Chenab) rivers. en Greek mythology A god associated with the river. Derived terms en Battle of the Hydaspes References Further reading Hydaspes (mythology) Jhelum River Battle of the Hydaspes Alexander the Great Porus Latin right|thumb|View of the river Etymology la grc Ὑδάσπης, itself from la sa वितस्ता, also proposed to have been borrowed from la peo *Vidāspaʰ caring for horses,260 from und *vīd- to take care of + peo 𐎠𐎿𐎱 horse to explain the development -sp- instead of -st-, but this has no basis in any attested names for the river. Pronunciation Hydaspēs Proper noun Hydaspēs<3> m la important river c/India where Alexander the Great fought the battle against Porus, now the Jhelum river. Declension Hydaspēs<3> Derived terms la Hydaspēus Descendants en Hydaspes 1 References